[Prenatal diagnosis of bronchopulmonary sequestration at the 26th week of gestation: report of a case]. / Consideraciones del diagnóstico prenatal del secuestro broncopulmonar a las 26 semanas de gestación: informe de un caso.

A case report of a 18 years-old women on her first pregnancy, (26 weeks). US detected a live fetus with pulmonary sequestration diagnosis. On week 39 vaginal delivery occurred. A live newborn, Apgar 7-8 and Silverman 4-4 (one minute and five minutes respectively) was obtained. When diagnoses was confirmed, a surgical resection was performed (five days) and the child died at day-15 due to nosocomial sepsis. This case shows the convenience of prenatal diagnosis for management decisions.